Proverbs 24
1 Do not envy evil people; do not desire to associate with them,
not be jealous in/on/with human distress: evil and not (to desire *Q(k)*) to/for to be with them
2 because they are [constantly] thinking about acting violently, and whenever they speak [MTY], they talk about (causing trouble/hurting someone).
for violence to mutter heart their and trouble lips their to speak: speak
3 People make good houses (OR, families) by doing what is wise, and they make their houses (OR, families) strong by [heeding] good advice.
in/on/with wisdom to build house: home and in/on/with understanding to establish: establish
4 By using good sense, [they are able to buy] valuable and beautiful things and put them in the rooms of their houses.
and in/on/with knowledge chamber to fill all substance precious and pleasant
5 Being wise is better than being strong/powerful; those who know [many things can accomplish more] than those who are [very] strong.
great man wise in/on/with strength and man knowledge to strengthen strength
6 Leaders can fight battles if they have wise advisors, and they win those battles if they have many good advisors.
for in/on/with counsel to make to/for you battle and deliverance: victory in/on/with abundance to advise
7 Foolish people cannot understand wise sayings/talk; at public meetings they are not [able to] say anything [that is useful].
to exalt to/for fool(ish) wisdom in/on/with gate not to open lip his
8 Those who are [always] planning to do evil things will be called troublemakers.
to devise: devise to/for be evil to/for him master: [master of] plot to call: call to
9 It is sinful to plan to do foolish things, and people hate those who make fun of [everything that is good].
wickedness folly sin and abomination to/for man to mock
10 If you [act as though] you are helpless when you have troubles, you are [truly very] weak.
to slacken in/on/with day distress narrow strength your
11 [If it is unjustly decided] that someone must be executed, [try hard to] rescue them [DOU].
to rescue to take: take to/for death and to shake to/for slaughter if to withhold
12 If you say, “I did not know anything about it, [so (it is not my concern/I did not try to help him)],” remember that God knows what we have done, and he knows what we were thinking [IDM, RHQ], and he will certainly [RHQ] repay us as we deserve for what we have done or for not doing what we should have done.
for to say look! not to know this not to measure heart he/she/it to understand and to watch soul your he/she/it to know and to return: pay to/for man like/as work his
13 My child/son, eat honey, because it is good [for you]; the honey that drips from honeycombs tastes [very] sweet.
to eat son: child my honey for pleasant and honey sweet upon palate your
14 Similarly, being wise is good for your soul; if you become wise, you will be [happy in] the future, and [God] will certainly [do for you what you are] confidently expecting him to do [LIT].
so to know [emph?] wisdom to/for soul your if to find and there end and hope your not to cut: eliminate
15 Do not be like wicked people who [hide and] wait to break into the houses of righteous/good [people] and rob/steal things.
not to ambush wicked to/for pasture righteous not to ruin rest his
16 [Even if] good people fall down seven/many times, they [always] stand/get up again, but when a disaster happens to wicked [people], it ruins/destroys them.
for seven to fall: fall righteous and to arise: rise and wicked to stumble in/on/with distress: harm
17 Do not be happy when something bad happens to one of your enemies; do not rejoice when he stumbles and falls,
in/on/with to fall: fall (enemy your *Q(K)*) not to rejoice and in/on/with to stumble he not to rejoice heart your
18 because Yahweh will know what you are thinking, and he will not like it, and [as a result] he will not punish that enemy of yours.
lest to see: see LORD and be evil in/on/with eye: appearance his and to return: turn back from upon him face: anger his
19 Do not become angry/upset about those who do what is evil, and do not [SYN] envy them,
not to be incensed in/on/with be evil not be jealous in/on/with wicked
20 because [nothing good] will happen to wicked people; they are [like] a lamp that will soon be extinguished [MET].
for not to be end to/for bad: evil lamp wicked to put out
21 My child/son, revere Yahweh and [also] honor the king, and do not associate with people who want to rebel against either of them,
to fear: revere [obj] LORD son: child my and king with to change not to pledge
22 because those people will suddenly experience disasters; and no one knows [RHQ] what great disasters that God or the king can cause to happen to them.
for suddenly to arise: rise calamity their and disaster two their who? to know
23 Here are more things that wise [people] have said: It is wrong for judges to decide matters unfairly [IDM].
also these to/for wise to recognize face: kindness in/on/with justice: judgement not pleasant
24 If they say to people who are guilty, “You (are innocent/have not done something that is wrong),” [even] people in other nations will curse and despise them,
to say to/for wicked righteous you(m. s.) to curse him people be indignant him people
25 but if judges say that guilty people must be punished, things will go well for those judges, and (they will receive blessings/God will bless them).
and to/for to rebuke be pleasant and upon them to come (in): come blessing good
26 Those who answer others honestly show that they are truly their friends [IDM].
lips to kiss to return: reply word: speaking straightforward
27 First, do the work [that needs to be done] outside [your house], and prepare your fields, [and then plant things], and after you finish doing that, build your house.
to establish: prepare in/on/with outside work your and be ready her in/on/with land: country to/for you after and to build house: home your
28 [In the courtroom] do not testify against someone when you have no reason to do that, and do not [try to] deceive [people] by what you say [MTY].
not to be witness for nothing in/on/with neighbor your and to open wide in/on/with lips your
29 Do not say, “I will do to him what he did to me; I will pay him back for [the bad things that] he did to me.”
not to say like/as as which to make: do to/for me so to make: do to/for him to return: pay to/for man like/as work his
30 One day I walked by the vineyards of a lazy man, a man who did not have good sense.
upon land: country man sluggish to pass and upon vineyard man lacking heart
31 I was surprised to see that the fields were full of all kinds of thorny bushes, and the stone wall [around the garden] had (collapsed/fallen down).
and behold to ascend: rise all his thorn to cover face: surface his nettle and wall stone his to overthrow
32 When I saw that, I thought about it, and I learned this:
and to see I to set: consider heart my to see: see to take: recieve discipline: instruction
33 [If you spend a lot of time] sleeping and napping and folding your hands while you rest,
little sleep little slumber little folding hand to/for to lie down: sleep
34 [soon] you will become poor; [it will be as though] [PRS, SIM] a bandit who had a weapon in his hand [attacked you and stole all that you had].
and to come (in): come to go: follow poverty your and need your like/as man shield
